Whitefish resident, Tom Byers, builds birch-bark canoes using traditional methods and materials found in the forest without the use of power tools, glue or nails. Recently, he was joined by a few friends who travelled all the way from Chisasibi, Que. to learn the craft.

The removal of several dozen trees outside the townhouses in Copper Cliff has left many residents feeling toppled but the company that has been hired to chop down the trees says the roots are damaging the nearby infrastructure and the trees simply had to go.